Incredible Dolly! (LAArtsOnline.com)

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Incredible Dolly!

By Ken Werther

If I told you that Dolly Parton is 70 years old, would you believe me? It’s true! The singer-songwriter-actress-author-businesswoman and humanitarian is the most honored female country performer of all time! She has had 25 songs reach No. 1; she has 41 career top 10 country albums (a record for any artist); and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years.

Dolly has garnered eight Grammy Awards (46 nominations, tying her with Bruce Springsteen), 10 Country Music Association Awards, and seven Academy of Country Music Awards. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999, she has composed over 3000 songs … and she is one of the few to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards.

This beloved dynamo is also a movie star! If you’re too young to remember them, check out 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Steel Magnolias. And if you are old enough to remember them, see them again! Dolly’s stage adaptation of 9 to 5 had its pre-Broadway tryout at the Ahmanson Theatre in 2008 and I was working there so I got to meet her! Unforgettable!

For dates and information on her upcoming 60-city concert tour, click here.